A rendering of the new Buffalo Amtrak station. Work is concluding on tearing down the old station, and work on the new buidling could begin in September. New York State Department of Transportation BUFFALO, N.Y. — Demolition of Amtrak’s former New York Central passenger station in Buffalo could conclude today, setting the stage for work […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Starting Friday, Aug. 30, Amtrak will be extending New Haven, Conn.-Springfield, Mass., shuttles 40 miles north to and from Greenfield, Mass. The service is part of a two-year pilot program to test demand for expanded rush-hour service connecting with Northeast Corridor trains. Two weekday round trips — morning southbound and evening northbound […]
Long Island Rail Road ticket agents work with passengers at New York’s Penn Station. The LIRR will cut the number of stations with agents as of Jan. 1, 2020, while also ending cash ticket sales onboard trains. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — The Long Island Rail Road will cut the number of stations with ticket […]
NEWARK, N.J. — Two well-used stations on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor have received funding for station improvements. Newark’s Penn Station has received an $18.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, while the Providence, R.I.. station will receive $25 million from multiple sources for a facelift. Newark Penn, owned and operated by NJ Transit, serves […]
A NJ Transit train from New York arrives at Secaucus Junction, N.J., on Aug. 16, 2019. On Monday, a passenger fell from a train stopped at the station when the doors opened on the wrong side of the car. TRAINS: David Lassen SECAUCUS, N.J. — NJ Transit is investigating how doors opened on the wrong […]
New York Central boss Alfred E. Perlman, left, shakes hands with Chairman Robert R. Young, hanging out the window of the experimental Xplorer lightweight train in 1956. New York Central photo […]
Two Boston & Maine “Bluebird” Geeps rest at Springfield, Mass., in August 1964. The railroad, which operated 2,077 route-miles in 1929, became part of Guilford Transportation Industries in 1983, by then down to about 1,500 miles. Ralph W. Bostian photo […]
Its headlight dimmed for a meet, an Amtrak Northeast Regional train passes through the station at Princeton Junction, N.J., on Aug. 8, 2019. Amtrak has added service to Princeton Junction and New Brunswick, N.J. TRAINS: David Lassen NEW YORK — As of Monday, Aug. 19, Amtrak has added additional Northeast Corridor service to two stops […]
BALTIMORE — Light RailLink service between Camden Yards and North Avenue, shut down since the July break of a water main, resumed Monday morning. Baltimore Fishbowl reports that the Maryland Transit Administration resumed service that had been suspended since July 8, when the broken water main damaged an underground vault, creating a sinkhole that consumed […]
NJ Transit GPH40-2 No. 4105, a rebuild of a locomotive constructed for the Central of New Jersey in 1968, awaits departure from Hoboken. N.J., in June 2019. Seventeen dual-power locomotives from Bombardier are due to arrive in 2020, replacing NJ Transit’s oldest engines. Ralph Spielman MONTCLAIR, N.J. — New equipment is on the way to […]
Inbound NJ Transit train No. 3252 from Long Branch arrives late at New York’s Penn Station, setting the state for a late-departing train No. 3721 to the Jersey Avenue station in New Brunswick, N.J. NJ Transit will begin releasing reports explaining why trains have been delayed. Ralph Spielman MONTCLAIR, N.J. — Increasing transparency and accountability […]
ALTOONA, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s legislature will hold a hearing on the possibility of increasing train service between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The Aug. 28 hearing by the state house of representatives transportation committee’s subcommittee on railroads will be held at the Altona Railroaders Memorial Museum. It is scheduled for a 3 p.m. start. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review […]
